Again: Sky News Admits Hacking e-mail Accounts.

              Murdoch empire's British satellite news station recently issued a statement in which it admits to using e-mail hacking on two separate occasions. Sky News has attempted to justify the hacks, claiming that they were in the public interest. However, the Computer Misuse Act, which outlaws interception of e-mails, has no public interest defense.


 The hacker was Sky News North of England correspondent Gerard Tubb. He broke into the Yahoo e-mail of "canoe man" John Darwin, who faked his own death to allow his wife, Anne Darwin, to claim a large life insurance settlement. These e-mails were published by Sky News and handed to the police.
Tubb also broke into the e-mail of a suspected pedophile and his wife. Those e-mails were never published or broadcast.

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